Every blasted year. Instead of just sticking to lovely GMT we put our poor body clocks through the disturbance of moving time forward and then back an hour.

The whole thing’s a relatively new idea anyway – Britain didn’t bother with this until 1916.

Anyway, on Sunday (March 30), at 1am, the clocks will go forward and 1am will magically become 2am as we sleepily go into British Summer Time again.

While you may just see this as a minor annoyance, and be a bit grumpy for a few days because it feels like you’re getting up an hour earlier, you may not have realised the horrific consequences of the fact YOU HAVE LOST AN HOUR OF YOUR LIFE.

Here’s some of the things you could have done with that precious, precious hour.

Well, you could have tried. If you manage it, it’s free but, as The Beast features 7lbs of beef and seven rashers of bacon, you’re more likely to still have food on your plate at the 60 minute mark – and to have to pay £60.

3. Said ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ 3,600 times. Don’t forget to say it once at least!

Just make sure you’re saying it to your mum, not a random woman who looks vaguely disconcerted (Picture: SvetaOrlov)

You could also have made your mum 12 consecutive cups of tea (including boiling and brewing time), or made her two Victoria sponge cakes from scratch. Poor mum.

4. Hummed along to the Game Of Thrones theme tune 42 times.

Daah, daah, dah dah dah, daah, da da dum daa.

5. Taken and posted 60 selfies on Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat or wherever – makeup-free or otherwise.

Snap! (Picture: Caters)

Good luck beating this one though.

6. Had one impassioned, Kanye West-inspired rant.

Well, maybe more like 12, but it’s less of a challenge if you stop after five minutes.

7. Built half of Lord Business’ Evil Lair as seen in The Lego Movie.

May take you longer to construct a life-size Will Ferrell, who voiced Lord Business, though (Picture: Reuters)

Or maybe less if you aren’t very quick with the Lego-building or have an interfering small person and no Kragle to hand.

8. Kissed the love of your life 1,028 times

Kissing a photo still counts, right? (Picture: Reuters)

Or just attempted one of the longest kisses ever (it wouldn’t come close to beating the world record of 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds though).

9. Danced the Macarena 360 times (just the basic move).

Or danced to the most recognisable bit of Gangnam Style (the chorus dance) 120 times. Or completed the Saturday Night move 360 times for that matter.

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10. And, of course, there’s always the sleep you could have had.

This puppy was on the verge of composing a hit song in his sleep, but was awoken due to BST (Picture: London Media)

Dreams have inspired everything from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to The Beatles’ Yesterday. Who knows what potentially life-changing inspiration you will be robbed of?

Still, on the other hand, you do get an hour back in October. Which you’ll probably use for a lie in.